park

Everyday

1. A park is a public green place with grass and trees where people play, walk and relax. tree →
2. A national park is a large wild area kept safe for nature. tree →
3. To park is to stop a car or bike and leave it in a place. tree →
4. A theme park or water park is a place with rides. tree →
5. A park can also be a large enclosed piece of land where animals are kept. tree →

In the lessons

a place in a story: things found, trees planted, people in the park; in everyday life: playgrounds, picnics, parking lots; phrases «car park» (UK), «parking lot» (USA), «national park», «skate park»

Examples

• There are 32 trees in the park. tree →
• The workers will plant 15 more trees. tree →
• Danny found 18 caps at the park. tree →
• How many trees will the park have? tree →
• We had a picnic in the park. tree →
• Dad parked the car near the school. tree →
• Yellowstone is a famous national park. tree →
• The car park was full. tree →
• We rode the roller coaster at the theme park. tree →
• Keep the park clean: put rubbish in the bin. tree →
• He returned for the cattle, and he put them into the park. tree →

Note

A place, not counted. Things «in the park» are counted. Trap: «parked cars» uses the verb, meaning stopped. Safety: stay where adults can see you in a park, and never park a bike in front of a door or a gate.

In Jewish tradition

The Song calls the beloved a park of pomegranates, and Solomon in Ecclesiastes made gardens and parks.

Interpretation. Tradition reads the Song's garden as the love between God and Israel. Ecclesiastes says that such pleasures are empty without wisdom.

Examples

• Thy shoots are a park of pomegranates, with precious fruits; henna with spikenard plants, (Writings SNG.4.13, JPS 1917) tree →
• I made me gardens and parks, and I planted trees in them of all kinds of fruit; (Writings ECC.2.5, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

A place, not counted. Things «in the park» are counted. Trap: «parked cars» uses the verb, meaning stopped. Safety: stay where adults can see you in a park, and never park a bike in front of a door or a gate.